[Event "Brasschaat op 06th"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2006.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Penson, Thierry"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. f4 c5 5. d5 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 0-0 9. h3 Na6 10. Bc4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qb4 12. Qe2 Re8 13. 0-0 Nf5 14. a3 Qb6 15. Kh2 Qd8 16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Rae1 Bf6 18. Qd3 Nd4 19. Nbxd4 cxd4 20. e5 Be7 21. Qxd4 Bf8 22. Bc3 Bg7 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. g4 b6 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. e6+ Kg8 28. f5 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 gxf5 30. gxf5 Qh4 31. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 06th"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Dardha, Arben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nc2 0-0 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Bc2 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Bb3 Rac8 20. Nb4 a5 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qd5 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nd3 e4 25. Nf4 b4 26. 0-0 bxc3 27. bxc3 Bxc3 28. Rab1 Rb8 29. g3 Be5 30. Nd5 Rfc8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Rc1 Rb2 33. a4 Bd4 34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Nf4+ Kf6 36. Rxh7 Bxf2+ 37. Kf1 Bc5 38. Rh6+ Ke5 39. Rh5 Rf2+ 40. Ke1 Ra2 41. Ng6+ Kf6 42. Nh4 e3 43. Rxf5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 06th"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Maarse, Willy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2006.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. c3 Nf6 3. Qc2 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. 0-0-0 Ng4 9. g3 Nh6 10. Nd5 Ng8 11. Nxc7+ Kf8 12. Nxa8 Nc6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nb6 Qb7 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 17. e5 d5 18. Ne2 f6 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 05th"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2005.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Peeters, Simonne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nf6 4. Qe3 b6 5. Be2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 05th"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2005.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Vanderhallen, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1908"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nge2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd7 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Nf4 0-0 11. h4 Qc7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. h5 Ne7 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Be4 Bc6 18. f3 Nd5 19. Qh2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. Kg2 Qe5 22. Rh1 Qg7 23. Raf1 Rfe8 24. Qh3 Bd5 25. Ne2 c4 26. Nxc3 Qxc3 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. d4 Qxd4 30. Rh4 Re7 31. Qh8+ Qxh8 32. Rxh8+ Kf7 33. Rxd8 Rc7 34. Kf2 Rc5 35. Rh1 Ke7 36. Rg8 Ra5 37. Rh7+ Kd6 38. Rxg6 Rxa2 39. Rg8 Rxc2+ 40. Ke3 Rc3+ 41. Ke2 Bxf3+ 42. Kd2 Rd3+ 43. Kc1 Kc5 44. Rh2 Rd1+ 45. Kc2 Kb4 46. Rf2 Rd3 47. g4 Be4 48. Kc1 c3 49. Rf4 Re3 50. Rd8 Kb3 51. Rd4 e5 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 04th"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2004.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cankja, Redi"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 f6 3. Bf4 Nh6 4. e4 d6 5. h3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Be3 Nf7 9. Bc4 Nd6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Nc3 c6 12. 0-0-0 Kc7 13. a3 Nc4 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Be1 a5 16. Kb1 b5 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. b3 Be6 19. Kb2 a4 20. b4 Nb6 21. Nd2 Be7 22. f3 Rad8 23. Bf2 Nc4+ 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. h4 f5 26. h5 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Rd8 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh7 Rxd1 30. Rxe7+ Kc8 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rxe5 Rd2 33. Be3 Rxg2 34. Rxf5 Bd5 35. f4 Kd7 36. Re5 Re2 37. Kc3 Re1 38. Kb2 Re2 39. f5 Bb3 40. f6 Rxc2+ 41. Kb1 Rh2 42. Re7+ Kd8 43. Bb6+ Kc8 44. f7 Rh1+ 45. Kb2 Rf1 46. Re8+ Kb7 47. f8Q Rxf8 48. Rxf8 Kxb6 49. Kc3 Bd5 50. Kd4 Bg2 51. Ke5 Kc7 52. Rf7+ Kb6 53. Kd6 Bd5 54. Rg7 Be4 55. Rg8 Bf3 56. Rb8+ Ka7 57. Kc7 Be4 58. Rb6 Bf3 59. Rxc6 Be2 60. Rb6 Bd3 61. Kc6 Be2 62. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 04th"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2004.08.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Peleman, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. Nd2 Bg7 6. c3 e6 7. Ngf3 Nge7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a4 b6 10. Re1 Ba6 11. Nf1 Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Kh7 14. h4 f5 15. h5 g5 16. Bxg5 Ne5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. exf5 exf5 20. Ne3 Rcd8 21. c4 Kh8 22. Nd5 Qf7 23. f4 e4 24. dxe4 Bxc4 25. Qc2 Bd4+ 26. Kh2 Qxh5+ 27. Bh3 Ba6 28. Nc7 Bc8 29. Qe2 Qf7 30. Nb5 Rfe8 31. e5 a6 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Rad1 Rb4 34. Rd6 Be6 35. Red1 a5 36. Bg2 Rg8 37. Rxe6 Qxe6 38. Bd5 Qe8 39. Bxg8 Qxg8 40. Rd6 Qa2 41. Rd2 Qe6 42. Rd6 Qa2 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7+ Kf8 45. Rd2 Kg7 46. Qg2 Re4 47. g4 Rd4 48. gxf5+ Kh8 49. Qa8+ Qg8 50. Qxg8+ Kxg8 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 04th"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2004.08.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Minyeyevtsev, Semen"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. Rhe1 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Qf6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 Qxh2 18. Qg4 Qh6 19. Rh5 Qg6 20. Rg5 Qf6 21. Rh1 Rfe8 22. a3 Rad8 23. Rgh5 Rd4 24. Rxh7 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 04th"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2004.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Jacobs, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1719"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. a5 Rac8 15. Rfc1 Qc6 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Nb6 Rcd8 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. cxd3 d5 21. Rc7 dxe4 22. dxe4 Rfe8 23. Rxb7 Rd3 24. Be2 Rb3 25. Bxa6 Nxe4 26. Na4 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Nd6 28. a6 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 04th"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2004.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Docx, Stefan"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. g3 h6 6. Nh3 g5 7. f3 exf3 8. exf3 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg2 Kf7 11. 0-0 Re8 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 c6 14. Nf2 Nbd7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nb6 17. Qd3 d5 18. c5 Nc4 19. Bh3 Kg8 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Ne3 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Ncd1 Re2 24. Qd3 Raa2 25. Ne3 Rad2 26. Qb3 Qd7 27. Rbd1 Rb2 28. Qd3 Qe6 29. Nf5 Ne4 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. d5 Qf6 33. Qd4 Qxd4 34. Rxd4 cxd5 35. Rxd5 e3 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Ng4 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Broeckmeyer, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1860"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 d5 2. Nd2 e5 3. e4 Nf6 4. Be2 Be6 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Nf1 Qd7 9. Bd2 Nh7 10. Ng3 0-0-0 11. b4 Bf6 12. 0-0 g5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nh5 Ng6 15. Qa4 Kb8 16. Be3 b6 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Be6 19. c5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Bd5 21. Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Bxe5 Qe6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rac1 Rd7 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Mertens, Frans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 d5 2. Nd2 e5 3. e4 d4 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 h6 8. Nc4 Bd6 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Ne1 Bc5 12. Kh1 a6 13. f4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 exf4 15. gxf4 0-0 16. Nd3 Be7 17. e5 Nh7 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. Be4 Qe8 20. Rg1 f5 21. Qxe8 Raxe8 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rg6 Rg8 24. Rxc6 a5 25. Bd2 Ra8 26. Rxc7 Bd8 27. Rd7 Bb6 28. c5 Rgd8 29. Rb7 Rab8 30. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Verlinden, Willem"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. e3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Nbd2 c6 6. Bc4 f6 7. Nh4 g6 8. b3 b5 9. Bd3 f5 10. Nxf5 Qf6 11. Ne4 Qe6 12. Nfg3 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Bc3 Nh6 15. Be2 0-0 16. 0-0 Nf5 17. a4 b4 18. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Filipek, Jakub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 g6 2. Nd2 Bg7 3. c3 d5 4. e4 c6 5. Be2 Nh6 6. f4 f6 7. Nf1 Na6 8. Qc2 Be6 9. Nf3 Nf7 10. Be3 c5 11. Ng3 Nd6 12. 0-0 Qd7 13. Nh4 d4 14. Bd2 0-0 15. f5 Bf7 16. Bg4 Qe8 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qc1 dxc3 19. bxc3 e5 20. Rf3 c4 21. Bh6 Nc5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ngf5+ gxf5 24. Bxf5 Rh8 25. Rg3+ Kf8 26. Rh3 Ke7 27. d4 Nd3 28. Qa3 Qc6 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. dxe5 Rxh4 31. exd6+ Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dockx, Michel"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. b3 c6 5. Bb2 Qc7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Qe2 f6 8. Nbd2 Nf8 9. Qe3 g5 10. h3 h5 11. 0-0-0 Ne6 12. Rdg1 Nf4 13. Bf1 h4 14. g3 Ng6 15. gxh4 Nxh4 16. Nxh4 Rxh4 17. Be2 Nh6 18. Qg3 Be6 19. Bg4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rxg4 21. Rh8+ Bf8 22. Qh2 Rxg1+ 23. Qxg1 0-0-0 24. f3 Qg7 25. Rh2 Kb8 26. Kb1 Qd7 27. Nf1 Qc7 28. Ne3 b5 29. Qc1 Bg7 30. Rh7 Qf7 31. Qd1 Qg6 32. Qh1 Bg8 33. Rh2 Bf8 34. Rg2 Be6 35. Rh2 Rd7 36. Rh8 Bg8 37. Rh2 Rh7 38. Rxh7 Qxh7 39. Qg2 Qh4 40. dxe5 Qe1+ 41. Bc1 dxe5 42. c4 Ba3 43. Qc2 Be6 44. cxb5 cxb5 45. Qc6 Qxc1+ 46. Qxc1 Bxc1 47. Kxc1 b4 48. Kd2 Kc7 49. Kd3 Kd6 50. Nd1 f5 51. Nf2 g4 52. fxg4 fxg4 53. Ke3 a5 54. Nd3 Bf7 55. Kf2 Bg6 56. Ke3 g3 57. Ne1 Bh5 58. Ng2 Kc5 59. Ne1 Bg4 60. Nd3+ Kd6 61. Ne1 Bh3 62. Kf3 g2 63. Nxg2 Bxg2+ 64. Kxg2 Kc5 65. Kf2 Kd4 66. Kf3 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krukowski, Meir"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1932"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. Nc3 c6 6. a4 h6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Be3 Nf8 9. 0-0 g5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Nc4 h5 14. e5 Kf8 15. Ne4 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nxg5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Kg7 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Bxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qxh5 Rf8 23. Ra3 Rf7 24. Rd3 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Qxb5 Qf4 27. Rf3 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf1 29. Rg3+ Kh6 30. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Maas, Eddy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1537"]
[BlackElo "1573"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 g6 2. c3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Nf1 e5 7. Ne3 0-0 8. g4 a6 9. h4 b5 10. g5 Ne8 11. Bg4 Bxg4 12. Qxg4 Ne7 13. h5 f5 14. gxf6 Nxf6 15. Qe6+ Kh8 16. h6 Bxh6 17. Rxh6 Neg8 18. Rh1 Re8 19. Qh3 Re7 20. Ne2 Rf7 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Rg7 23. Bg5 Qf8 24. f4 Qf7 25. Kd2 Rf8 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rhf1 Qe8 28. Rxf8 Qxf8 29. Qe6 h6 30. Qxe5 Kh7 31. Be3 Re7 32. Qg3 Rf7 33. Rg1 Rf6 34. Bd4 Rc6 35. Nf4 Ne7 36. Nd5 Qd8 37. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 03rd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2003.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Slosse, Freddy"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.08.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bf4 0-0 11. Be2 d4 12. Nb5 Nd5 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. 0-0 a6 15. Nd6 Qxb2 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Qh5 Nf6 18. Qh4 b5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfc8 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Rfe1 Ke7 23. Qh4+ Kd7 24. Qf4 Ne7 25. Qd6+ Ke8 26. Bh4 Ra7 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Bf5 Qc3 29. Bd3 Rc6 30. Qe5 Kf8 31. Qg5 f6 32. Qc1 Bc4 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. Qf1 Re6 35. h3 Bxd3 36. cxd3 Re5 37. Kh1 a5 38. Kg1 Kf8 39. Kh2 Qc7 40. Kg1 Qc3 41. Qd1 b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. Rc1 Qb2 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kg8 46. Qg4 Rg5 47. Rc8+ Kh7 48. Qh4+ Kg6 49. Qe4+ Rf5 50. Qg4+ Rg5 51. Qe4+ Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baete, Guy"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 f5 2. Nd2 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. Nxe4 e5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Bg5 Qf5 8. Qd2 Bd6 9. c3 0-0 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Be2 Ne7 12. 0-0 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nf4 14. Rfe1 g5 15. Kh1 Rf6 16. Bf1 Bd7 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. d4 e4 19. Ng1 h5 20. f3 Re8 21. Bf2 h4 22. Be3 Rfe6 23. c4 exf3 24. Nxf3 h3 25. c5 Nxg2 26. Bxg2 hxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Nxg5 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Colpin, Guy"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qf3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qe5 8. Nb3 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nc6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Rae1 Ke7 15. a3 b6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Ke3 Rac8 18. Rhg1 h5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Kxd4 h4 21. Ke3 Rhg8 22. Re2 Rg4 23. g3 Bd5 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Kxe4 Rc4+ 26. Kf3 Rcxf4+ 27. gxf4 Rxg1 28. Kf2 Rg4 29. Kf3 Rg1 30. Kf2 Rg8 31. Kf3 h3 32. Ke4 f5+ 33. Kd3 f6 34. Re3 Rh8 35. c4 Kd6 36. b4 e5 37. fxe5+ fxe5 38. Rg3 e4+ 39. Kd4 Ke6 40. c5 bxc5+ 41. bxc5 Kf6 42. Rc3 Rd8+ 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. c6 f4+ 45. Ke2 Rc8 46. a4 Kd4 47. Rc2 Rc7 48. Rd2+ Kc5 49. Rc2+ Kd5 50. Rd2+ Kxc6 51. Rc2+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Weerd, Jan"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 0-0 8. Be2 d4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Bxg5 11. Qxg5 Qxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Nd2 Be6 15. f4 f6 16. 0-0-0 Nc6 17. Kb1 Na5 18. g4 a6 19. h4 b5 20. f5 Bf7 21. g5 Kf8 22. Bf3 Rab8 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Nf1 Nc4 25. Rg1 Ke7 26. b4 cxb4 27. Rxd4 Red8 28. Rd3 Rg8 29. Ng3 Rbd8 30. Be2 Rc8 31. Bd1 Ne5 32. Rd4 Rc3 33. Ne2 Rxg1 34. Nxg1 Rc4 35. Ne2 Bh5 36. Rxc4 bxc4 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maes, Wim"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Re1 d4 9. a4 Ne8 10. e5 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Nc4 Kh8 13. c3 Nd6 14. Nxd6 Bxd6 15. Nh4 f5 16. Bh6 Rg8 17. f4 dxc3 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. bxc3 Qf6 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Nf3 Rab8 23. a5 Rgd8 24. Qc2 h6 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 b6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra7 Qe7 29. Qe2 Qd6 30. Qh5 Kg7 31. g4 Rbc8 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Qxf5 Kh8 34. Qf7 Qxd3 35. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Buchnicek, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. d3 dxe4 3. dxe4 Qxd1+ 4. Kxd1 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Be3 Be6 7. Nd2 Nc6 8. c3 0-0-0 9. Kc1 Be7 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Nd2 Rd3 13. Bg5 Rhd8 14. Nh3 h6 15. Bxf6 Rxd2 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 Nc6 19. Ra3 Nxb4 20. f4 Rc2+ 21. Kb1 Rdd2 22. Rb3 a5 23. fxe5 Rxg2 24. Nf4 Rxh2 25. Re1 c5 26. Nd5 c4 27. Nxb4 cxb3 28. Nxc2 Rxc2 29. Re3 Rc4 30. Rxb3 Rxe4 31. Rf3 Rxe5 32. Rxf7 Rg5 33. Kc2 h5 34. Kd3 h4 35. Rf8+ Kc7 36. Rh8 Rg4 37. Rh7 Kc6 38. Ke3 g5 39. b3 Rb4 40. Rh6+ Kc5 41. Rh8 Rxb3+ 42. Ke4 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Slosse, Freddy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. f4 Bb4 5. fxe5 Nxe5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. Nf3 Ng6 9. Bf2 Ng4 10. Bg1 0-0 11. h3 N4e5 12. d4 Nc6 13. Qd3 Nf4 14. Qe3 Nd5 15. Qd3 Re8 16. 0-0-0 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ba5 18. Nd2 Qe7 19. Kb2 b5 20. g4 Rb8 21. Bg2 Bb7 22. h4 a6 23. Be3 Bb6 24. Ka1 Na5 25. g5 h5 26. Rhf1 c5 27. Bf4 Rbd8 28. g6 c4 29. gxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qg3 Qe6 31. Bg5 Qg6 32. Qh3 Bc8 33. Qe3 Rd7 34. Bh3 Rf7 35. Bf5 Qxf5 36. exf5 Rxe3 37. Bxe3 Bxf5 38. Rc1 g6 39. Bg5 d5 40. Rfe1 Kg7 41. Nf3 Bc7 42. Ne5 Rf8 43. Re2 Bd8 44. Bxd8 Rxd8 45. Nf3 Bg4 46. Re3 Nc6 47. Ng5 Rd6 48. Rce1 Bf5 49. Kb2 a5 50. a3 b4 51. axb4 axb4 52. cxb4 Be4 53. Nxe4 dxe4 54. c3 Ne7 55. Rxe4 Nf5 56. Ra1 Ng3 57. Ra7+ Kf6 58. Rf4+ Ke6 59. b5 Kd5 60. Ra6 Nf5 61. Rxf5+ gxf5 62. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 02nd"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2002.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Van Praet, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 d6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 b6 8. Kh2 h6 9. c3 Nh7 10. Ne1 Qd7 11. f4 Bb7 12. Nd2 Rae8 13. Nc4 Bd8 14. Ne3 f6 15. Nf3 exf4 16. gxf4 Ne7 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Nh4 g5 19. Nhf5 Ng6 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Bf3 Qf7 22. Bh5 Qg8 23. Nh6 Qxb3 24. axb3 Nf4 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxa7 Bc8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Ra8 Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kf7 31. Bxf4 gxf4 32. Rxf4 Ng5 33. Ra7 Ne6 34. Rh4 Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Rh7+ Ke8 37. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Brasschaat op 01st"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2001.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Van Bunderen, Gert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "2037"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7 10. c4 e6 11. 0-0 Ngf6 12. Re1 0-0-0 13. Ne2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf5+ Ned7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Nc3 g6 20. Qc2 Rhe8 21. b4 Qf4 22. Ne2 Qg4 23. Ng3 g5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rd4 Re1+ 26. Nf1 Re4 27. Ne3 Qf4 28. Rxe4 Nxe4 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. b5 g4 31. Ne1 g3 32. Nd1 Ne5 33. Qe2 gxf2+ 34. Nxf2 Ng3 35. Qb2 Qe3 36. Nf3 Nd3 37. Qd2 Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Qxd2 39. Nxd2 Nxf2 40. bxc6 bxc6 41. g3 Nc3 42. a3 Nfe4 43. Nb3 Kc7 44. Kg2 Kd6 45. Kf3 Nc5 46. Nd4 Nb1 47. Nf5+ Kd7 48. Ke3 Nxa3 49. Kd4 Ne6+ 50. Kc3 c5 51. Kb3 Nd4+ 52. Nxd4 cxd4 53. Kxa3 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 01st"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2001.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Doossche, Carlo"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 a5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 Bg5 12. Nb3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 b6 14. Nd4 f5 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Be2 Bd7 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 fxe4 19. fxe4 Qxb2 20. Bc6 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 Rf2 23. Qh5 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 01st"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Cleuren, Freddy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qg4 Kf8 5. e5 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 b6 10. 0-0-0 Nh6 11. Qf4 Nf5 12. Ne2 Qh4 13. Qxh4 Nxh4 14. f4 Ba6 15. Rg1 Nf5 16. Bf2 Ke8 17. g4 Ne7 18. Nd4 Bxf1 19. Rdxf1 Nbc6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. c3 Rc8 22. Kd2 Na5 23. b3 Nb7 24. h4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. f5 Rc7 27. Rg3 Ke7 28. Rgf3 Rhc8 29. a4 a5 30. h5 h6 31. f6+ Kf8 32. fxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Rf6 Kh7 35. Rgf1 Kg7 36. R1f3 Re7 37. Kd3 Rc7 38. Kd4 Rd7 39. R3f4 Rc7 40. Rf3 Rd7 41. Ke3 Rgd8 42. Kf2 Rg8 43. Kg3 Re7 44. Kh3 Rf8 45. R6f4 Rc8 46. Kh4 Rg8 47. Rf6 Rh8 48. g5 hxg5+ 49. Kxg5 Rh7 50. h6+ Kf8 51. Kh5 Kg8 52. Rg3+ Kh8 53. Rf4 Re8 54. Rfg4 Rc8 55. c4 Rf8 56. Rg7 dxc4 57. bxc4 Rc8 58. R7g4 Rd8 59. Rg5 Rc8 60. Rd3 Rf8 61. Rd6 f5 62. exf6 Rhf7 63. Rxe6 Rxf6 64. Rxf6 Rxf6 65. Rg6 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brasschaat op 01st"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smet, Lievin"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2001.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 0-0 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bd3 Na6 9. Nge2 Ne8 10. Qd2 f5 11. Bh6 Qh4+ 12. g3 0-1

[Event "Brasschaat op 01st"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2001.08.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Vanderhallen, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nb3 a6 11. Bf3 Nd7 12. Qd2 b5 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Bf2 Nb6 15. Qe2 Nc4 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 N6e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. c3 Rfe8 21. Be4 g6 22. a4 Nd7 23. Qf3 bxa4 24. Nc6 Bg7 25. Bc2 Bxc6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. dxc6 Ne5 28. Qe2 Rb8 29. Bxa4 Nxc6 30. Qxa6 Ne5 31. Qe2 Nc4 32. b3 Nb6 33. Bd4 Bxd4+ 34. cxd4 Qc3 35. Rd1 Nxa4 36. bxa4 Rb2 37. Qe4 Ra2 38. Rf1 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brasschaat op 01st"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cankja, Redi"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. a3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. f3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Bd3 Na6 10. Nge2 Ne8 11. g4 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. 0-0-0 Qh4 16. Rdg1 Kh8 17. Kb1 Bh6 18. Qe1 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bd2 20. Ref1 f4 21. h3 Nd6 22. Kc2 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Rg8 24. Rf2 Rg3 25. Bf1 Rag8 26. b3 Be8 27. Ne2 R3g7 28. a4 Bg6 29. Nc3 Bh5 30. Ne2 Rg3 31. Nxg3 fxg3 32. Rd2 Bxf3 33. Bg2 Bxe4+ 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Re2 Nf2 36. Rhe1 Nxh3 37. Re3 g2 38. Rxh3 g1Q 39. Rxg1 Rxg1 40. Rh5 Kg7 41. Rxe5 Rf1 42. Kd3 Rf3+ 43. Ke4 Rf7 44. Rg5+ Kf6 45. Rg3 Re7+ 46. Kf4 h5 47. Rd3 Rd7 48. Re3 Rh7 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Kg3 h4+ 51. Kh3 c6 52. Rd6 Ke8 53. Re6+ Kd7 54. Re5 Re7 55. dxc6+ bxc6 56. Rxc5 Re3+ 57. Kxh4 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brasschaat op 01st"]
[Site "Brasschaat"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Vilarnau, Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.08.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. Nbc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 e6 10. f4 Qc7 11. a3 Be7 12. g4 Nc5 13. g5 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. f5 e5 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Nb4 Nb3 20. Rcd1 Nd4 21. Qf2 Qa7 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxg5 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 0-0 26. Bxg5 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nxg5 29. h4 Nh3+ 30. Kg3 Nf4 31. Nxf4 exf4+ 32. Kxf4 h6 33. Rc6 Rd8 34. Rxa6 Rc8 35. Rb6 f6 36. Rxb5 Rc2 37. a4 Rf2+ 38. Ke3 Rh2 39. a5 Rxh4 40. a6 Rh3+ 41. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Romano, Antonino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e6 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Nbc3 Bb4 7. f3 h6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Na2 Be7 14. b4 Nc6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Kh8 17. Qc3 Rfc8 18. Bb1 Nh7 19. d5 Nd8 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd4 Bf6 22. Nf4 Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Qf6 24. e5 Qg5 25. Qd3 Nf8 26. Re1 Nde6 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Nc3 Rd8 29. Ne4 Qe7 30. Rd1 Rxd4 31. Qxd4 Bd5 32. Bc2 Rc8 33. Nc3 Bb7 34. Be4 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 Ng6 36. g3 Qf8 37. f4 Ne7 38. Qd7 Nd5 39. Qxe6 Nxb4 40. Qc4 a5 41. Ra1 c6 42. Nd6 Rc7 43. Qd4 Nd5 44. Qc4 b5 45. Qc5 Qb8 46. Rb1 Nb4 47. axb5 cxb5 48. Qxb5 Qa7+ 49. Kg2 Rc2+ 50. Kh3 Qf2 51. Qxa5 h5 52. Qa8+ Kh7 53. Qh1 Qe2 54. Qe4+ Qxe4 55. Nxe4 Nd3 56. Ng5+ Kh6 57. Rb6+ g6 58. Ne4 Re2 59. Rd6 Nxe5 60. fxe5 Rxe4 61. e6 Kg7 62. Rd7+ Kf6 63. e7 Rxe7 64. Rxe7 Kxe7 65. Kh4 Kf6 66. g4 hxg4 67. Kxg4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cordier, Gilbert"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1425"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. 0-0 e5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. a4 0-0 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nd5 Nxe4 12. c4 Rc8 13. Be3 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qxb7 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. b3 Rb8 19. Rab1 a5 20. Nd2 Rcb7 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Bg5 23. Rf2 Be3 24. Rbf1 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Re8 26. Rf1 Re2 27. Nf3 Rxb3 28. Nd4 Rbb2 29. Nxe2 Rxe2 30. g4 Re4 31. Rd1 Rxg4+ 32. Kh1 Kf8 33. Rxd6 Rxc4 34. Kg1 Rxa4 35. Ra6 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 a4 37. Ke2 Ra2+ 38. Kd1 Rxh2 39. Rxa4 g5 40. Rg4 h6 41. Ke1 Kg7 42. Kf1 Kg6 43. Kg1 Rd2 44. Ra4 f5 45. Ra6+ Kh5 46. Kf1 f4 47. Ke1 Rb2 48. Re6 f3 49. Rf6 g4 50. Kf1 Kg5 51. Rf8 h5 52. Re8 g3 53. Re1 Rh2 54. Re5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Felix, Paulo"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1639"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 g6 4. Bc4 e6 5. d4 b6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 Bg7 8. d5 Ne7 9. Qd2 0-0 10. 0-0 e5 11. Qe2 f5 12. Bg5 f4 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Ne2 Kh8 15. Nh2 Nf6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. f3 g5 18. Rad1 Ng8 19. b4 h5 20. Ra1 Rg6 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Rfd1 Rd6 23. a5 b5 24. Ba2 Ra7 25. c4 Nf6 26. Bb3 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. fxg4 Bxg4 29. Nxg4 Nxg4 30. Qe1 Bf6 31. Rd3 Rh7 32. Rf3 Bg5 33. Qc3 b4 34. Qd3 Rdh6 35. Rh3 Rxh3 36. gxh3 Ne3 37. Kh2 Qd7 38. Ng1 f3 39. Kg3 Rxh3+ 40. Nxh3 Qg4+ 41. Kf2 Qxh3 42. Rf1 Qg2+ 43. Ke1 Bh4+ 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Agovic, Esad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd2 0-0 6. e3 c6 7. Be2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qb3 h6 11. 0-0 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 a5 14. Nc1 Be6 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Ne1 Qh4 19. g3 Qe7 20. f3 Bh3 21. Ng2 Ng5 22. Rf2 Bd7 23. Re1 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Bh3 26. Nf4 Bd7 27. e4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 Qd8 29. Qc4 Bxf4 30. Bxf4 Be6 31. Qc2 Bxb3 32. Qxb3 Qxd4+ 33. Be3 Qd7 34. Rd1 Qh3 35. Kg1 Qc8 36. Bg6 Qb7 37. Rd6 Nd7 38. Be4 Rac8 39. Qc2 Ne5 40. Bd4 Qe7 41. Bc5 Qc7 42. Bh7+ Kh8 43. Bf5 Rcd8 44. Rxh6+ gxh6 45. Qc1 Kg7 46. Bxf8+ Rxf8 47. f4 Ng6 48. Qc5 Rd8 49. Bc2 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rehlinger, Rouven"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 0-0 7. a3 b6 8. 0-0 Ba6 9. Na2 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. Nc3 Na5 12. b3 c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Na2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxa3 16. b4 Nc6 17. Qb1 Bc4 18. c3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qd7 20. Nc2 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 Rxc3 22. Nxa3 Rec8 23. Rc2 Qa4 24. Qa1 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Qxc2 26. Qxa7 Qc7 27. Qa3 Qc3 28. Ra1 Qxa3 29. Rxa3 Rc4 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 Kg6 32. b5 Rc5 33. f3 Rxb5 34. e4 dxe4 35. fxe4 Re5 36. Rb8 b5 37. Rb6 Nd7 38. Rb7 Nc5 39. Rxb5 Kf6 40. Rb4 Kg5 41. Bf3 f5 42. h4+ Kf6 43. exf5 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Kxf5 45. Bg4+ Kf6 46. Rf4+ Kg6 47. h5+ Kg5 48. Kh3 Re4 49. Rxe4 Nxe4 50. Bxe6 Kxh5 51. g4+ Kg5 52. Bf5 Nf6 53. Be6 g6 54. Bc8 Ne4 55. Bd7 Nf6 56. Bc8 Kf4 57. Be6 g5 58. Bf5 Nd5 59. Bc8 Nc3 60. Bf5 Nd1 61. Kh2 Nf2 62. Kg2 Nxg4 63. Bc8 h5 64. Bd7 h4 65. Kh3 Ne3 66. Bc8 Kf3 67. Bd7 Kf4 68. Bc8 Nf5 69. Bd7 g4+ 70. Kh2 Ne3 71. Be6 Kf3 72. Bd7 h3 73. Bc8 Ng2 74. Bd7 Nf4 75. Bc6+ Kf2 76. Be4 g3+ 77. Kh1 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Kalabic, Dzelal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1727"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. Nf3 e6 5. b3 cxb3 6. Qxb3 c6 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Be2 0-0 10. 0-0 a5 11. Rac1 a4 12. Qd3 Ba6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Nxc6 16. Rxc6 Bb7 17. Rc5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qh4+ 19. Qh3 Qxe4 20. Bd3 Qf4+ 21. g3 Qh6 22. Qxh6 gxh6 23. Bxb5 Bd5 24. Bc4 Be4 25. Bc1 Kg7 26. Rh5 Rg8 27. Rh4 Bf3 28. Bxh6+ Kg6 29. Bd3+ f5 30. Re1 Kf6 31. Bf4 Ra7 32. Rh6+ Rg6 33. Bc4 Re7 34. Rh4 h6 35. Bd6 Re8 36. Re3 Bb7 37. f4 Be4 38. Be5+ Kf7 39. Bb5 Rc8 40. Bxa4 Rc1 41. Rxe4 fxe4 42. Kg2 e3 43. Kf3 Rxg3+ 44. Ke2 Rg2+ 45. Kxe3 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Haas, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1600"]
[BlackElo "1460"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. 0-0 e6 14. Rac1 Bd6 15. Rc2 0-0 16. Rfc1 f6 17. a3 Nb6 18. Bb4 Nc4 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nd2 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Nb3 b6 24. Nd2 Nd6 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke2 e5 27. Kd3 Ke6 28. Kc3 a6 29. a4 a5 30. b4 axb4+ 31. Kxb4 Nf7 32. Kb5 Nd6+ 33. Kxb6 Nc4+ 34. Kc6 Nxd2 35. a5 Nc4 36. a6 exd4 37. exd4 Na5+ 38. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Engel, Ewald"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nc6 7. 0-0 b6 8. a3 a5 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Na7 11. Na2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 axb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Nxb4 Nc6 16. cxd5 Nxb4 17. axb4 Nxd5 18. b5 Nc7 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Rxc7 Be4 21. Rfc1 h6 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nc6 Rd2 24. Bc4 Rc2 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Rd1 Rc5 27. f3 Bc2 28. Rc1 Ra5 29. Nxa5 Rxc7 30. Bb3 bxa5 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Bxc2 Ke8 33. Ba4 Kd7 34. b6+ Kc8 35. Bc6 g5 36. Kf1 a4 37. Bxa4 Kb7 38. Kf2 Kxb6 39. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg-ch"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Magalhaes, Pedro"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "1890"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 0-0 9. f4 d6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. e5 1-0

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.19"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Speksnijder, Robert"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. e3 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 a6 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Bb1 g6 14. Ne2 Bg7 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Ne1 Rf8 17. f4 f5 18. Nd3 Qe7 19. Ba2 Bf7 20. Nc5 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxb7 Na7 24. Nc5 Bxb2 25. Rc2 Bxa3 26. Nxa6 c5 27. Re1 Rc6 28. Nb8 Rxb8 29. Re7 Nb5 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxd5+ Kf6 32. Bxc6 Nd4 33. Rf2 Nxc6 34. h3 Nd4 35. Nf1 Bc1 36. g3 Ra8 37. Kg2 c4 38. Nd2 Bxd2 39. Rxd2 Ne6 40. Rc2 Rc8 41. Kf2 Nd4 42. Rc3 Nb5 43. Rc2 c3 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Rc1 Nd4 47. g4 c2 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.18"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Kessler, Lucien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "1580"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. d5 fxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 0-0 9. Nge2 exd5 10. Bxd5+ Bxd5 11. cxd5 Qe8 12. 0-0 Na6 13. a3 Bd6 14. b4 Qh5 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Ng4 17. Nxh5 1-0

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.17"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Lorentz, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "1830"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bd2 c5 12. b3 Ne4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nxd4 Qc7 19. e6 f6 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. Qb2 Bb4 22. Rec1 Qe5 23. Rd1 Bc5 24. Bc4 Kh8 25. Qe2 Rxd4 26. Qxe5 fxe5 27. Re1 e4 28. Rad1 Rad8 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. f3 0-1

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.16"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Henx, Francois"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1510"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Re8 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nf1 e5 11. e4 exd4 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Ng5+ Kf8 16. Qf3+ Kg8 17. Qf7+ Kh8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qf3 Kg8 20. Qd5+ Nxd5 21. Bd2 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nxc3 23. Re1 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Ncd4 25. Ne3 h6 26. Nf3 Nxf3 27. Rxe2 Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Rd8 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. g3 h5 31. h4 g5 32. hxg5 h4 33. Nf1 Qe1 0-1

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.15"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Felix, Paulo"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1515"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qc2 0-0 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. a3 Rc8 11. Qd1 Ng4 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qb6 14. b4 e5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. d5 b5 17. dxc6 bxc4 18. cxd7 Qxd7 19. Bc2 Rfd8 20. 0-0 Qb5 21. Qe2 f6 22. Rac1 d5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Rcd1 Qe6 25. Bb1 c3 26. Ba2 1-0

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.14"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Verlaine, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5 8. Nd2 Re8 9. Qc2 exd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Nf3 c6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Qd3 h6 14. Be3 d5 15. b3 Ne4 16. c5 Nd7 17. Nd2 Ndxc5 18. dxc5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Nxc3 20. Ree1 Ne4 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Kg7 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Qd4+ Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Kf1 Rd8 29. Re2 Rd7 30. Ke1 Re7 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Ke3 g5 34. h3 Ke5 35. g3 a5 36. f4+ gxf4+ 37. gxf4+ Kf5 38. a3 h5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 h4 41. b5 0-1

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.13"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Nepper, Francois"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Re1 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Ne5 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 f6 15. Nc4 Qd5 16. Qe2 Qxg5 17. f4 Qd5 18. Qd3 b5 19. Ne3 Qc6 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qxd5+ Be6 23. Qf3 Rd8 24. Qf2 f5 25. a3 Bb3 26. Re1 Qd7 27. h3 Bf8 28. Kh2 Bc5 29. Qg3 Re8 30. h4 Qd3 31. Nxf5 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.12"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Dhaene, Gilbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 0-0 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Bg5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. Bc2 g6 16. c4 Rd8 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Qa3 b6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qc3 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qe7 23. Rd1 Bb7 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. f3 Qc5 26. Qf4 Qe7 27. Ba4 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. h3 Kg7 30. g4 h6 31. h4 Qd2 32. g5 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Qf2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "LUX-chABC"]
[Site "Dudelange"]
[Date "1998.04.11"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Jongsma, Daan"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1575"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 d6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. Bc4 a6 10. 0-0-0 Qc7 11. Bb3 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bd5 Qc7 16. Bxa8 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc7 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Rc3 Qb7 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. e5 dxe5 25. Qd8+ Qxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Diesel, Carlo"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. 0-0 Bg7 6. Re1 0-0 7. a3 d6 8. h3 e5 9. d3 h6 10. Bd2 b6 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. Nh2 Qd7 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. c3 a6 15. Rf1 Ng8 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Ng3 Qd7 19. Qc2 d5 20. Ba2 d4 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qc1 exf4 23. Bxg8+ Kxg8 24. Bxf4 Ne5 25. Qd2 g5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rf1+ Kg7 29. Ne4 c4 30. Nf3 Bxe4 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. dxe4 d3 33. Qd1 Rxe4 34. Rf2 b5 35. g4 Qa7 36. Kg2 Qb6 37. Kg1 Qa7 38. Kg2 Re3 39. Kf1 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Heyar, Fred"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1625"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c5 Nc6 4. Nf3 b6 5. cxb6 cxb6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bb5 Bb7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Qc2 Qd6 11. Qe2 0-0 12. f4 Nb4 13. Na3 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Rc7 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 a5 21. Bd1 Ba6 22. b3 Ne4 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh3 f5 25. Bh5 Qc7 26. Bb2 Nd3 27. Nxd3 b4 28. Nc5 bxa3 29. Bxg6 hxg6 30. Ba1 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Kf7 32. Qh7+ Ke8 33. Bd4 Kd7 34. Bf6 Qxc5 35. Bxe7 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jeitz, Olivier"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Bd2 Re8 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. a3 Bg4 15. Qc1 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qf4 g5 18. Qxf6 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Nxg5 b6 21. Be4 Bg4 22. f3 Bd7 23. Kg2 h6 24. Nh3 Kh8 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Bd5 Rg7 27. Re7 Kg8 28. Rde1 Kf8 29. Bb3 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Nd5 c5 32. Re7 f5 33. Rxg7 Kxg7 34. Nc7 Bf7 35. Bxf7 Kxf7 36. g4 Kf6 37. Kg3 Ke5 38. f4+ Kf6 39. Nb5 a5 40. Nd6 Ke6 41. Nxf5 b5 42. Nxh6 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. f5+ Kf6 45. Kf4 c4 46. g5+ Kg7 47. dxc4 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Dhaene, Gilbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. Re1 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13. Bd3 b6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 dxc4 16. Bxc4 c5 17. Qc2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Qb2 Nh5 21. Qb1 g6 22. Bh6 Qf6 23. f4 Qd8 24. Qb2 f6 25. g4 Ng7 26. Rac1 Qe7 27. Bb5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qc3 Bb7 31. Bd3 Qd7 32. e4 Qc6 33. Qxc6 Bxc6 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 Ne8 36. f5 exf5 37. Bc4+ Ke7 38. d5 Bb7 39. e5 g5 40. h4 gxh4 41. Kd4 h3 42. Bf4 Nd6 43. Bf1 a6 44. a4 Nf7 45. Bxh3 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47. Kc5 b4 48. Bg2 b3 49. d6+ Kd7 50. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Linster, Jos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 e6 5. Nf3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. Rfe1 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. a3 Nb6 17. Ra1 Qe7 18. Nb1 Bd7 19. b4 Ra7 20. Nd2 Rea8 21. Qc1 Be8 22. Nb3 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Na5 e5 25. e4 dxe4 26. Rxe4 f6 27. Qxc4 Rc7 28. f4 Bf7 29. Qc3 Bd5 30. Re3 e4 31. Nc4 f5 32. Nb6 Rd8 33. Nxd5 cxd5 34. Qb3 Rc4 35. Qb2 Rdc8 36. b5 Qc7 37. g3 Rc1+ 38. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 39. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc4 41. Rb3 Rxd4 42. Ke3 Ra4 43. b6 d4+ 44. Kd2 Ra8 45. b7 Rb8 46. a4 e3+ 47. Kd3 e2 48. Kxe2 Re8+ 49. Kd2 Rb8 50. a5 d3 51. a6 Re8 52. Rxd3 Rb8 53. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Lorsche, Jean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. 0-0 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 c5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 c4 16. Qe2 Ng7 17. b3 Nb6 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Ne4 Ba3 20. Rb1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nd6 22. Qd3 b4 23. Ne5 Rc3 24. Nc6 Qh4 25. Qxa6 Nxe4 26. Ne7+ Qxe7 27. Bf4 Rfc8 28. f3 Nd2 29. Rbd1 Nc4 30. Qxc8+ Qf8 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. e4 Rc2 33. Ra1 Ke7 34. Bc1 Nb2 35. Rd1 Nxd1 36. Bxa3 bxa3 37. Rxd1 Rxa2 38. Rd3 Ne8 39. Rc3 Kd7 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 a2 42. Kd2 Rd1+ 43. Kxd1 a1Q+ 44. Rc1 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Magalhaes, Pedro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 0-0 5. e3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Be2 d5 8. 0-0 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nxd5 11. Bd2 c5 12. e4 N5f6 13. e5 Ne4 14. Be3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Rc1 Nec5 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qb4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qg5 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Nxe5 23. Rcd1 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 h6 25. Rc2 e5 26. Rcd2 exd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Ne6 29. Rd7 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Kf1 f5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd3 Ke6 34. Kc4 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Verlaine, Alex"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 b6 8. d3 Ng4 9. Qd2 a5 10. h3 Nf6 11. Nh2 d5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. a4 Qd6 14. g4 Rfd8 15. g5 Ne8 16. Ng4 f5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc6 19. Na3 Bd6 20. Bb2 g6 21. Nb5 Qc5 22. Nd4 Ng7 23. Ba3 Qxa3 24. Rxa3 Bxa3 25. Ne2 Bb2 26. c3 Ba3 27. Rf2 Bd6 28. d4 Ba6 29. Ng3 c5 30. Be2 Bxe2 31. Rxe2 cxd4 32. exd4 Re8 33. Rf2 e5 34. fxe5 Be7 35. h4 Ne6 36. Ne2 h6 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Qxf4 h5 39. Qf3 Kf7 40. Qd3 Ke6 41. Qb5 Rab8 42. Qc6+ Kf7 43. Qxd5+ Kf8 44. Rf3 Ba3 45. Qc6 Kg7 46. Qf6+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "Luxembourg op"]
[Site "Luxembourg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Weber, Tom"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Ng4 6. 0-0 0-0 7. h3 Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Nh2 Be6 11. f4 a6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. f5 d5 15. Nhf3 h6 16. Nh4 Ng4 17. hxg4 Bxh4 18. fxe6 Ne7 19. exd5 c6 20. d6 Nd5 21. e7 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qxg4 23. Qxb7 Nxe3 24. Qxa8+ Kh7 25. Qxc6 Nxf1 26. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 16th final C"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1969.08.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Teboudi, K."]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1969.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tunisia"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bb3 Nb6 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3 0-0 12. Ne4 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nfxg5 d5 16. Qh5 h6 17. Rad1 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bf5 19. Re3 Qf6 20. Rh3 Qh6 21. Qxh6 gxh6 22. Rxh6 Bg6 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. f4 Nd4 27. Kf1 Nf5 28. Rh3 Rd2 29. g4 Nd4 30. f5 Nxf5 31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Rf3 Bg6 33. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 16th final C"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1969.08.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Benoit, Michel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1969.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. 0-0 g6 10. a3 Ng7 11. Be3 f5 12. f4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Bf2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. b4 b6 17. Bh3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Qe2 Bf8 21. Kg2 Qd7 22. b5 Re8 23. Qd3 Qg4 24. Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxf4 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Rf7 28. Rd2 h5 29. Rd3 Bh6 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Rd3 Rf8 32. Kg1 Kf6 33. g4 Ke5 34. Rh3 Ke4 35. gxh5 d3 36. Rh4+ Rf4 37. Rxf4+ Bxf4 38. Kf1 gxh5 39. Ke1 Bxh2 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 16th final C"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1969.08.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "McGrillen, Hugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1969.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. 0-0-0 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Be6 15. b3 Nd7 16. Rd2 Re7 17. Rhd1 Nxe5 18. h3 Kg7 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nb2 Nc5 21. Bf3 a5 22. Nd3 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Kf6 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Ke5 26. Ra8 Kf4 27. Rxa5 Bxh3 28. b4 Bg4 29. Ra3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Rd7 31. b5 cxb5 32. cxb5 h5 33. Rc3 h4 34. b6 h3 35. Rc7 h2 36. Rxd7 h1Q+ 37. Kd2 Qg2+ 38. Kc1 Qxa2 39. Rxb7 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 16th final C"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1969.08.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Belliard Alonzo, Luis Manuel"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1969.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dominican Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DOM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Bd6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8. h3 0-0 9. Nbd2 Bc7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Qb3 Re8 12. Bg2 Nb6 13. 0-0 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Be4 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd6 19. Nd3 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Qxh3+ 21. Ke2 Qxg4+ 22. Kd2 Qh4 23. Rh1 Qe7 24. Qc2 f5 25. f4 a5 26. bxa5 Bxa5+ 27. Ke2 Rec8 28. Kf3 Bb6 29. Qh2 Nf6 30. Rag1 Kf8 31. Qg2 Rc7 32. Ne5 Ke8 33. Bc3 Ba5 34. Bb2 Kd8 35. Qc2 Qd6 36. Ke2 Kc8 37. a4 Kb8 38. Nc4 Qe7 39. Qb3 Qb4 40. Qc2 Qe7 41. Qb3 Rc8 42. Ba3 Qd7 43. Rb1 Nd5 44. Bd6+ Ka7 45. Nxa5 b6 46. Nc4 b5 47. Bc5+ Kb7 48. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 16th final C"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1969.08.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Levy, David Neil Lawrence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1969.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 c6 6. d4 e4 7. Nge2 Be7 8. Nf4 0-0 9. 0-0 Qe8 10. Bd2 g5 11. Nh3 Qg6 12. Kh1 Na6 13. a3 Qh6 14. Ng1 Ng4 15. h3 Nf6 16. b4 Nc7 17. c5 Be6 18. Qe2 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 g4 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. e4 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. h4 Qh6 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxg4+ Qg6 29. Qxg6+ hxg6 30. cxd6 Rd8 31. Rc1 Rxd6 32. Rc8+ Rf8 33. Rc7 Rf7 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Ra8 Ra6 36. Rd8 Rxa3 37. Rxd5 Ra2 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 16th Group5"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1969.08.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Martinovic, Slobodan"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1969.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Nbd2 0-0 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Nhf5 Bc5 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Kh8 16. Bd2 Rae8 17. a4 Bd6 18. Rf3 Nc8 19. Bc3 Ne7 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Qd2 Bf7 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Qh6 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 16th Group5"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1969.08.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Bukacek, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1969.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. g3 0-0 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. 0-0 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. b4 h6 11. Bb2 g5 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. Rd2 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qe8 16. Qb3 f4 17. c5 Kh8 18. Qa3 fxe3 19. fxe3 Ng4 20. Re2 e4 21. Nd4 N6e5 22. Nxe4 Nc4 23. Qb3 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Qh5 25. Bh1 Nxe3 26. Rde1 Nf5 27. Rd2 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Bh3 29. Qd2 Qf7 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Bxd4 32. Qxd4+ Qg7 33. Qd2 Rcd8 34. cxd6 cxd6 35. Kg1 Rde8 36. Kg2 Qe5 37. Qd3 Kg7 38. Re2 Qf5 39. Re1 Re5 40. Qc3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 16th Group5"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1969.08.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sirkia, Mauri O"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1969.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. exd5 h6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Re8 13. 0-0 Nd7 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Rae1 Ndf6 16. h3 Ng8 17. g4 Nhf6 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. Bf4 Qc7 20. Rb1 b6 21. b4 Reb8 22. b5 a5 23. Ne1 Re8 24. Ng2 Rad8 25. f3 Bc8 26. Bg3 Re7 27. Nf4 Nd7 28. h4 Ne5 29. h5 Nxd3 30. hxg6+ fxg6 31. Qxd3 Bxc3 32. Qxc3 Rde8 33. Qc2 Rg7 34. Rbe1 Nf6 35. Bh4 Rxe1 36. Bxe1 Qf7 37. Bc3 Rg8 38. Qd2 Re8 39. Bb2 Kg7 40. Qc3 Qe7 41. Kg2 Qe5 42. Qxe5 dxe5 43. Nd3 Bxg4 44. fxg4 Nxg4 45. Re1 Kf6 46. Nf2 Nxf2 47. Kxf2 Kf5 48. Ke3 g5 49. Rh1 Kg6 50. Ke4 h5 51. d6 h4 52. d7 Rd8 53. Rd1 Kf6 54. Bxe5+ Ke7 55. Bc7 Rxd7 56. Rxd7+ Kxd7 57. Bxb6 h3 58. Kf3 g4+ 59. Kg3 Kc8 60. Bxa5 Kb7 61. Bd8 Ka7 62. a5 Kb7 63. Be7 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 16th Group5"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1969.08.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Belliard Alonzo, Luis Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A27"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1969.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Dominican Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DOM"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. g3 0-0 8. Bg2 Ne5 9. b3 d6 10. h3 Nfd7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Bb2 Nxd4 13. exd4 Re8+ 14. Kf2 c6 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Rhe1 Bd7 17. Rxe8+ Bxe8 18. Kg1 d5 19. c5 Bd7 20. b4 Qc7 21. Kh2 Re8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 16th Group5"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1969.08.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Spassov, Liuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1969.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 0-0 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. b3 Bd7 11. 0-0 Qe8 12. Nd2 Nh7 13. a3 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. Bf2 f5 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qe7 18. Bd3 h4 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na4 21. Ra1 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Bf4 23. Kh1 h3 24. g3 Qg5 25. Nb3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Be3 27. Qe1 Bxf2 28. Qxf2 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Nf6 30. Qe2 Nxe4 31. Qxe4 Bf5 32. Qe2 Qf6 33. Re1 Ra8 34. Na5 b6 35. Nc6 Ra3 36. Rd1 g5 37. g4 Bh7 38. Kg1 Rxf3 39. Rf1 Rxf1+ 40. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Bd3+ 42. Kf2 Bxc4 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. Nd8 Bb3 46. b5 Bc2+ 47. Ke3 Ba4 48. Ne6 Bxb5 49. Nxc7 Bc4 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 15th final C"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Van den Herik, Jaap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1968.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 Nd7 5. 0-0 Ngf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bb3 Qc7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 0-0 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Rad1 a5 12. a3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rxd5 19. exd5 Rc8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Qe4 cxd5 22. Rxc8 dxe4 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nxe5 Bc7 25. Nc4 b5 26. Ne3 Be5 27. Nd1 f5 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Ke3 b4 31. f3 Bxb2 32. axb4 Bc1+ 33. Kd4 exf3 34. gxf3 axb4 35. Nf2 g5 36. Nd3 Bd2 37. Nc5+ Kf6 38. Nd7+ Ke7 39. Nb6 Ke6 40. Na4 Kd6 41. Nb6 Bc3+ 42. Kc4 Ke5 43. Nd5 h5 44. f4+ gxf4 45. Nxc3 bxc3 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 15th final C"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Metras, Dominique"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1968.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 0-0 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 a5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. h3 Na6 11. Nf3 Ne8 12. Nh2 f5 13. f3 Nc5 14. 0-0-0 Bd7 15. g4 f4 16. Bf2 a4 17. Rdg1 Ra6 18. Qc2 Qa8 19. Kd2 Qa7 20. Ke1 Rb6 21. Kf1 Qa5 22. Kg2 Kg8 23. Rb1 Kf7 24. Rhc1 Bf6 25. Be1 Qa8 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 Qd8 28. b4 Na6 29. b5 Nc5 30. Na4 Nxa4 31. Qxa4 Bh4 32. Ba5 Bg3 33. Bxb6 cxb6 34. Rh1 Qh4 35. Nf1 Be1 36. Rh2 Nf6 37. Qd1 Bf2 38. Bd3 h5 39. Qe2 Bd4 40. Qe1 Qxe1 41. Rxe1 hxg4 42. hxg4 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 15th final C"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Albano, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1968.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. Bb3 Ng4 9. Qxg4 Nxd4 10. Qd1 Nxb3 11. axb3 b6 12. 0-0 Bb7 13. f3 f5 14. Qd2 d6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 f4 17. Qg5 e5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 15th final C"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Malmgren, Sven Goran"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1968.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 a5 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. h3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Rad1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. b3 Nc6 19. Be3 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. g4 Be6 23. Ne4 Kh8 24. Nc5 Qc8 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Rde1 Qe5 27. Bb6 Qc3 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bxc7 Re2 31. a3 Rb2 32. Bxd6 Rxb3 33. f4 a4 34. Bd5 Bd4+ 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Rf3 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Bf6 38. Re3 Bd4 39. Rf3 Bf6 40. f5 Nd4 41. Rf2 Rb3+ 42. Kf4 h6 43. fxg6 Rxh3 44. Bxb7 Ne6+ 45. Kf5 Re3 46. Be4 Ng5 47. Bd5 Bd4 48. Rf1 Nh3 49. Rb1 Rb3 50. Re1 Bf6 51. Re8 h5 52. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 15th final C"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Schendstok, Bernard"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1968.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 Nxe4 8. Qf3 d5 9. 0-0-0 Bxc3 10. Nc7+ Ke7 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 f5 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. Nxd5+ exd5 15. Rxd5 Qc8 16. Re1 Be6 17. Rxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg8 19. Rd6 Nd8 20. Qe5 Rc8 21. Rxe6+ Nxe6 22. Qd6+ Kf6 23. Be5+ Kg6 24. Bxe6 Qf8 25. Qd3+ Kh6 26. Bg4 Qa3+ 27. Kb1 Rc6 28. Qh3+ Kg6 29. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 15th final C"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Weill, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1968.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. e5 Nfd7 7. h4 c5 8. h5 cxd4 9. Qxd4 dxe5 10. Qf2 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. Bd3 Re8+ 14. Kf1 Nd7 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Rxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh4+ Bh6 19. f5 g5 20. Qh5 Rg8 21. Bxg5 fxg5 22. f6 Nxf6 23. Nxg5+ Rxg5 24. Qf3 Rf5 25. Bd3 Qxd3+ 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 15th final C"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Albano, Marco"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1968.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. d4 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bf5 8. c3 h6 9. Re1 c4 10. b3 b5 11. Na3 b4 12. Nxc4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Be7 14. c4 Nc3 15. Nxc3 bxc3 16. Bxd5 Nxd4 17. Ba3 cxd2 18. Rxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qxd2 Nc2 21. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 15th final C"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Johansson, Gunnar1111"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B79"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1968.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3 0-0 9. Qd2 Qa5 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 Rfc8 12. h4 Ne5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. Bd4 Be6 17. h5 Rac8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. g4 a5 20. Qh2 a4 21. e5 axb3 22. axb3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Nh5 24. gxh5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Re1 Bd5 29. Rxe5 Bxf3 30. Rxe7 g5 31. Ne4 g4 32. Ng5 Rd1+ 33. Ka2 Bc6 34. Re3 Kg7 35. c3 Kg6 36. Ne6 Kh5 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Re5+ Kh4 39. Re7 Bc6 40. Rg7 Kh5 41. Nf5 Rg1 42. c4 Be4 43. Nd4 Re1 44. Ka3 Re3 45. Ne6 g3 46. Nf4+ Kh6 47. Rg8 Bc2 48. Kb4 Rxb3+ 49. Kc5 Rf3 50. Ng2 Rf5+ 51. Kd4 Rg5 52. Rb8 Rg7 53. Ke3 Rf7 54. Rd8 Rf2 55. Rd2 Rxd2 56. Kxd2 Be4 57. Nf4 Kg5 58. Ke3 Bc6 59. b4 b6 60. Ne2 g2 61. Kf2 Ba8 62. Nc3 Kf4 63. Na4 b5 64. cxb5 Ke5 65. Nc5 Kd5 66. b6 Kc4 67. b7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 15th Group3"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Espig, Lutz"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1968.07.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DDR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 d4 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Be4 e5 12. 0-0 Bxc3 13. Bc1 Ba5 14. f4 0-0 15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Rac8 19. Qf3 f5 20. Bd3 Kg8 21. Bf4 Qf6 22. Qg3 Qf7 23. b3 c5 24. Be5 g6 25. Rxf5 Bxf5 26. Qh4 Qd7 27. Bc4+ Be6 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Bxf7 32. Qxf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+ Qe8 34. Qd6+ Qd7 35. Bf6+ Ke8 36. Bb5 Qxb5 37. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 15th Group3"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1968.07.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d5 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. 0-0 Bd6 10. Bg5 Rb8 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3 Qxb2 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Qe2+ Be6 17. Bf5 Qf6 18. Rae1 0-0 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qd3 Qc8 21. Qxd5 Qc5+ 22. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 Rb2 24. Ne5 Rxa2 25. c4 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Re2 28. Nd7 Be3 29. h3 h5 30. Ra1 h4 31. c5 Rc2 32. Kh2 Bf4+ 33. Kg1 Bg3 34. Rb1 f5 35. Rf1 g6 36. Ra1 a5 37. Nb6 Rxc5 38. Na4 Rc2 39. Rb1 Bf2+ 40. Kf1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 15th Group3"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sirkia, Mauri O"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1968.07.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 Qb6 10. Rb1 Re8 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 a5 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. a3 a4 16. f3 Re7 17. Be3 Ne8 18. b4 axb3 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Qxb3 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bc4 Bh6 23. Nb5 Qf6 24. d6 Rd7 25. Rbd1 Bf8 26. Nc7 Ra5 27. Qb6 Rxa3 28. Qxc5 Bxd6 29. Qb6 Qe7 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Nb5 Raa6 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. Ra1 Bd7 35. Bd5 Ra6 36. Rc1 b5 37. Rc7 Rd6 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Rb8 Ra6 41. Rb7 f6 42. g4 Kd6 43. Rb8 Kc5 44. Rf8 Kd4 45. Rd8 Rd6 46. Be6 Rxe6 47. Rxd7+ Kc3 48. Rc7+ Kb3 49. Rxh7 b4 50. h4 Rc6 51. Rb7 Rc8 52. Kg3 Kc3 53. h5 gxh5 54. gxh5 b3 55. Kg4 b2 56. Kf5 Kc2 57. Kxf6 Rf8+ 58. Kxe5 Rxf3 59. Rxb2+ Kxb2 60. Kd6 Kc3 61. e5 Kd4 62. e6 Rf6 63. Kd7 Ke5 64. e7 Rf7 65. Kd8 Rxe7 66. Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 15th Group3"]
[Site "Ybbs"]
[Date "1968.07.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Eichhorn, Ernst2222"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1968.07.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 d6 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. 0-0-0 0-0 8. f4 Re8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf6 11. Qb3 Nd4 12. Qa3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. h3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qa4 16. Kb1 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Bc3 Re3 19. Qd2 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Rb8 21. Qd3 Nb5 22. Ka1 Bxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Nc3+ 24. Kc1 Qxf4+ 25. Qd2 Rb1# 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 14th final B"]
[Site "Harrachov"]
[Date "1967.07.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "George, Peter M"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1967.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Qc2 a6 11. a3 Ne5 12. b3 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Bb2 b4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Nb5 Ba6 17. Nc7 Ra7 18. Nxa6 Rxa6 19. Ra4 Qb6 20. Rfa1 Rfa8 21. e3 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qb2+ Kg8 24. Qa2 Nc5 25. Bf1 Naxb3 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Bxa6 Nxa1 28. Be2 b3 29. Qxa1 Qb4 30. Qd4 Qa3 31. Qc3 Qa2 32. Bd1 b2 33. Bc2 Qa1+ 34. Nb1 Qa2 35. Qa3 Qxd5 36. Qxb2 Qc4 37. Qc3 Qe2 38. Kg2 Ne6 39. Qd3 Qg4 40. Bd1 Qb4 41. Nc3 Nc5 42. Qd4 Qb7+ 43. Bf3 Qa6 44. Nd5 Qa7 45. Qh4 f6 46. Nf4 Qd7 47. Bd5+ Kg7 48. Qh3 f5 49. Qh4 e6 50. Bf3 h6 51. Ne2 e5 52. Bd5 e4 53. f3 g5 54. Qh5 exf3+ 55. Qxf3 Nd3 56. Qf1 Nb4 57. Qa1+ Kh7 58. Qa8 Nxd5 59. Qxd5 Kg6 60. Nd4 Kf6 61. Nb5 Ke7 62. Qc4 Qb7+ 63. Kg1 Qf3 64. Qe6+ Kxe6 65. Nd4+ Ke5 66. Nxf3+ Ke4 67. Kf2 d5 68. Nd2+ Kd3 69. Nb3 Kc4 70. Na5+ Kb5 71. Nb7 Kc6 72. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 14th final B"]
[Site "Harrachov"]
[Date "1967.07.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Stork, Wim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1967.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be3 0-0 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bc8 14. g4 Rb8 15. Bg2 Na5 16. g5 Nd7 17. f5 Re8 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. f6 Bf8 20. Rad1 Bb7 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh3 Rbd8 23. Rf4 Nac4 24. Bc1 d5 25. Rh4 h5 26. gxh6 Kh7 27. exd5 exd5 28. b3 Nd6 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxd5 Qc5 31. c4 Nf5 32. Rf4 Nxd4 33. Rfxd4 Nc6 34. Be3 Rxe3 35. Qxe3 Nxd4 36. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Bc5 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 14th final B"]
[Site "Harrachov"]
[Date "1967.07.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Halfdanarson, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1967.07.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 7. Kxf2 Nxe5 8. d4 Neg4+ 9. Kg1 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bg5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bb3 Nhg8 16. e5 Qa5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qf3 0-0-0 19. exf6 Qg5 20. Rf1 h5 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Rh6 23. Bxf7 Nxf6 24. g4 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. g5 Re6 27. Kg2 Re2+ 28. Rf2 Re4 29. Rhf1 Rxd4 30. g6 Rc4 31. g7 Rc6 32. Rf6 Rxc2+ 33. R1f2 b3 34. axb3 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 14th Group2"]
[Site "Harrachov"]
[Date "1967.07.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Arnaudov, Petar"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1967.07.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Rb1 0-0 6. d3 Nh5 7. Bd2 f5 8. Qc1 e5 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. Nf3 f4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. 0-0 g5 13. Ne4 Qg6 14. Nexg5 Kh8 15. Ne4 Rg8 16. Kh1 Nc6 17. e3 fxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. Nh4 Qh6 20. Rf7 Ng6 21. Qf1 Nxh4 22. gxh4 Be6 23. Ng5 Rxg5 24. hxg5 Ng3+ 25. Kg1 Nxf1 26. gxh6 Bxf7 27. Rxf1 Kg8 28. Be4 Rf8 29. Rf2 b6 30. h4 Kh8 31. Kh2 Kg8 32. b4 Kh8 33. a4 Kg8 34. Rg2+ Kh8 35. Rg7 Bg6 36. Rxc7 Bxe4 37. dxe4 Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rxa7 Kg8 40. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 14th Group2"]
[Site "Harrachov"]
[Date "1967.07.16"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Kasanen, Juha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B59"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1967.07.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Be3 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Be6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bb6 Rdc8 17. Nd2 f5 18. Rad1 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bd3 g6 21. Rde1 Kf7 22. Re2 Bd6 23. f4 Re8 24. g3 Bd7 25. Rfe1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Re8 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Nf3 Kf6 29. Ke1 Bc5 30. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 13th final B"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Levy, David Neil Lawrence"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1966.08.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Bf4 Nxe4 8. Nc7+ Kf8 9. Qf3 d5 10. 0-0-0 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Rb8 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qxe4 dxe4 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. Bxb8 a6 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bb3 f5 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. Bd6+ Kf7 20. Be5 Bxb3 21. axb3 Re8 22. g3 Rxe5 23. Rxd8 Re7 24. Kd2 Ke6 25. Ke3 Ke5 26. h4 g6 27. c4 Rc7 28. Rd5+ Ke6 29. Kd4 Rc8 30. c5 Rc6 31. b4 Rc8 32. Rd6+ Ke7 33. Kd5 Rc7 34. c4 Rc8 35. Re6+ Kd7 36. Rb6 Kc7 37. Rd6 Re8 38. c6 bxc6+ 39. Rxc6+ Kb7 40. Re6 Rd8+ 41. Rd6 Re8 42. Rd7+ Kb8 43. Kd4 Rh8 44. Kc5 Rc8+ 45. Kd5 Rh8 46. c5 Re8 47. Kc6 e3 48. fxe3 Rxe3 49. Rxh7 Rxg3 50. Kb6 Kc8 51. c6 Rd3 52. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 13th final B"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Kerins, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1966.08.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Ngf3 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne1 d6 9. f4 Rb8 10. Ndf3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 13th final B"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Scemama, A."]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1966.08.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tunisia"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. Ndb5 Nxe4 8. Qf3 d5 9. 0-0-0 Bxc3 10. Nc7+ Kf8 11. Nxa8 Qa5 12. a3 b5 13. Bc7 Qa6 14. Bg3 Qa5 15. Bd3 Nd4 16. Qh5 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qc3+ 18. Kb1 b4 19. Bxe4 bxa3 20. Bd6+ Kg8 21. Bxa3 dxe4 22. Qc5 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 13th final B"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Kaplan, Julio P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1966.08.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Puerto Rico"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Be2 dxe5 8. dxe5 Bf5 9. a3 e6 10. b4 Qc7 11. Bb2 Rd8 12. Nbd2 Nf4 13. g3 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 Bd3 15. Qe3 Bxb4 16. Rc1 Ba5 17. Bd4 Ba6 18. Bc3 Rd3 19. Qc5 Bb6 20. Ba5 Bxa5 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 13th final B"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lebredo Zaragoitia, Gerardo"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1966.08.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e5 8. 0-0 Na6 9. e4 Bd7 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nd3 Nac7 12. a4 b6 13. f4 f6 14. Be3 a6 15. Qd2 b5 16. b3 Rb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1 Nf6 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. d6 Nfd5 24. dxe7 Nxe7 25. Qd6 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 13th final B"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Jeannet, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1966.08.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7 10. Bd2 e6 11. 0-0-0 0-0-0 12. c4 Ngf6 13. Bc3 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. g3 Rhe8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qd2 Bc5 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. Be1 b5 26. Kc2 Bd4 27. cxb5 cxb5 28. f4 h5 29. b3 Kc6 30. Kd3 Kd5 31. Ke2 Ke4 32. Bb4 Bb6 33. Bf8 g6 34. Bb4 a5 35. Bd2 b4 36. Bc1 Bg1 37. Bb2 Be3 38. Ba1 Bg1 39. Bb2 Be3 40. Ba1 Bc1 41. Kd1 Ba3 42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 13th final B"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Larnsson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1966.08.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 d4 12. Ne2 h6 13. b4 a6 14. Bb2 Kh8 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Rad1 Ng4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Nxf4 Nge5 19. Be4 Rd8 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Bc1 Re8 22. Bxc6 Rxe2 23. Bf3 Re7 24. Rxd4 Be6 25. Re1 Rae8 26. h3 Nb6 27. Bf4 Kg8 28. Bd6 Rd7 29. Bc5 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Nc4 31. a4 Rd8 32. c3 Rd7 33. a5 Nd6 34. Rd1 Nb5 35. Bc5 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 f6 37. Bd4 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Bd5 39. f3 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Bc2 Kc7 43. Be4 Be6 44. d5 Bc8 45. g4 Kd6 46. Kd4 Bd7 47. h4 g5 48. h5 Ba4 49. Bd3 Bb3 50. Bf5 Bxd5 51. Be4 Bc6 52. Bxc6 Kxc6 53. Kc4 Kd6 54. b5 axb5+ 55. Kxb5 Kc7 56. Kc5 Kd7 57. Kd5 Ke7 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. f4 gxf4 60. Kxf4 Ke7 61. Ke3 Ke6 62. Ke4 Ke7 63. Kd3 Kd7 64. Kc3 Kc7 65. Kb4 Kd6 66. Kb5 Kd7 67. Kb6 Kc8 68. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 13th final B"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Johansson, Sture"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1966.08.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 c6 9. Bd3 d5 10. 0-0 Bd6 11. Qh5 h6 12. Re1+ Be6 13. Bg5 hxg5 14. Qxh8+ Bf8 15. Qh5 0-0-0 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Qf3 Qh6 18. Qh5 Qf6 19. Qf3 Qh6 20. Qh5 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 13th Group5"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Scemama, A."]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1966.07.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tunisia"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. f3 0-0 9. 0-0 Bc5 10. exd5 Nxd4 11. Na4 Nxd5 12. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 13th Group5"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kolbak, Jens"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1966.07.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 0-0 6. Nge2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Ne8 10. Ne7+ Kf8 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bd3 c6 15. 0-0 Rd8 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. g3 f6 18. Kg2 Kg8 19. f4 Rd7 20. c5 a5 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Na4 Kg7 25. Nb6 Bxc5 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. a3 b5 29. Ba2 Bb6 30. Rf1 c5 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bg5 Ncb5 33. Bf6+ Kh6 34. h4 Bc7 35. Be6 Rd6 36. Bg5+ Kg7 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rxc7+ Nxe6 39. Rxd6 Nexc7 40. Rc6 Ne8 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 13th Group5"]
[Site "Oerebro"]
[Date "1966.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1966.07.30"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 f5 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Nf3 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Bc4 0-0 13. 0-0 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Kh8 16. Be3 c5 17. Rad1 e5 18. Qd5 e4 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 exf3 21. Bxc5 fxg2 22. Re1 Rg8 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 12th final B"]
[Site "Sinaia"]
[Date "1965.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Kronabether, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1965.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nf5+ Kf8 10. Bg5 d5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxd5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Rd8 14. Qf3 Nd4 15. Qe4 Qxf5 16. Bd3 0-1

[Event "WchT Students 12th final B"]
[Site "Sinaia"]
[Date "1965.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bouaziz, Slim"]
[Black "Mertens, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1965.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tunisia"]
[BlackTeam "Belgium"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Qd3 a6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. a3 Be7 10. Be3 0-0 11. Nb3 b5 12. Qxd7 Nbxd7 13. 0-0-0 Bb7 14. Na5 Bd5 15. Bg5 Nb6 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. Rhe1 Rab8 19. Nb3 Rc7 20. Bh4 Nf4 21. Bg3 N6h5 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. g3 Nxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Kf8 25. Red1 Ke8 26. Kb1 Rbb7 27. Re1 Rd7 28. Ree3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Kc1 h5 32. Kd2 h4 33. gxh4 Bxh4 34. Nc5+ Kd6 35. Nxa6 Bd8 36. b3 Ke5 37. Kd3 Kf4 38. Ke2 g5 39. Nc5 e5 40. c4 bxc4 41. bxc4 Be7 42. Nd3+ Kf5 43. a4 e4 44. fxe4+ Kxe4 45. a5 Bd6 46. a6 Bb8 47. Nb4 Ba7 48. Nc6 Bc5 49. a7 Bxa7 50. Nxa7 Kd4 51. Nb5+ Ke5 52. c5 Kd5 53. Nd6 f6 54. Ne4 f5 55. Nxg5 Kxc5 56. Nf7 Kd5 57. Kf3 1-0

[Event "WchT Students 12th final B"]
[Site "Sinaia"]
[Date "1965.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mertens, Paul"]
[Black "Hankipohja, Antti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1965.08.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgium"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. a4 b6 9. Ne1 Ba6 10. c3 Qc7 11. f4 Rad8 12. f5 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nxd3 14. exd5 Nxe1 15. Qxa6 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxd5 17. Nc4 exf5 18. Rxf5 Bf6 19. a5 Qd7 20. Rf2 b5 21. Ne3 Rfe8 22. Kf3 Re6 0-1

